Abstract:
The paper analyzes the economic nature of the investments, the basic approaches to studying
of such a category as investment. The authors propose to improve the classification of investments
as well as such categories, as reliable investors, the country of origin and the degree of unprofitability of branches. Such an approach can help to systematize their types sufficiently.
The authors prove that the main aim of investment is to get income and create other forms
of providing development and increase market value of the company as a result of the capital
growth.
Were consider the practical aspects of the international investment activities. Such measures
are presented as foreign direct investments and portfolio investments to Ukraine. The situation of the
international investment activities during the last five years are analyzed in this paper.
